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Thanks Vaibhav. Yes, amazingly soft & smooth writer out of box. My experience with pilots has been very good as opposed to sailors.

Oh thats music to my ears

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Finally somebody with same experience about Sailor compared to Pilot.

All my Pilots are amazing writers, I am now considering why I was such an idiot to buy so many pens, when I really needed 2 - 3 Pilots.

I have 2 Sailors, a vintage one, very very nice, based upon that I bought a Professional Gear and will prolly try to sell it on ebay, that is how happy I am with it.

 

That has been my experience every time I buy a pen :P Why another?

For my 7 sailors 5 of them (replaced repeatedly by the seller) had either a scratchy nib or a toothy feedback, out of box. I went for every nib size from fine to broad. Finally I went with a Pro Gear 2, which had kind of a good nib. I understand the nib thing, it kills all the happiness even if your pen is very great. I had so far a problem with only one pilot pen with a FM nib, which I got replaced immediately.

 

All said some of my friends have ended up with more than good, out of box sailor nibs.

 

Edit: PS - I somehow had missed this post

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soniks excellent reviews makes you empty your wallets

i bought my pilot 92 after reading his review and have beccome a pilot fanboy have no complaints with my pilots

i got my pilot pens from ebay, engeika, rakuten or jsubculture the last two give you great prices n choices

Pilot custom heritage 74 all nibs, 742 Fa and PO nibs, 823 F 92 F,M, 3776 FM,EF,1911F

And all indian pens

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will be ordering one now... after ur review ...

Good luck Vaibhav. I have found M & B nib sizes quite safe bets :)

 

soniks excellent reviews makes you empty your wallets

i bought my pilot 92 after reading his review and have beccome a pilot fanboy have no complaints with my pilots

i got my pilot pens from ebay, engeika, rakuten or jsubculture the last two give you great prices n choices

 

Thank you Ravi.. That also means my wallet is already empty :bawl:

Last 2 are really the best buys.

Hoping for a custom 845 handwritten review from you :)

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Very nice review, and I give another +1 for the Pilot C74. Mine is a SFM nib and it needed a drier ink for my paper.

 

The C74 plus Pelikan 4001 brilliant black ink puts me in fountain pen heaven :-)

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Very nice review, and I give another +1 for the Pilot C74. Mine is a SFM nib and it needed a drier ink for my paper.

 

The C74 plus Pelikan 4001 brilliant black ink puts me in fountain pen heaven :-)

 

Thank you so much.. Incidentally, this is the only pilot pen below 100 USD which comes with such a wide range of nib choices.

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Would you recommend a pilot custom 74 over a custom 92 or the other way around, if the price difference is not significant?

 

Thanks,
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Would you recommend a pilot custom 74 over a custom 92 or the other way around, if the price difference is not significant?

 

Thanks,

Andy

Red vs blue, apples vs oranges, piston filler vs C/C.

 

That's all there is to it. Nib and everything else are exactly the same.

 

PS pick the oranges. They're nicer

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